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 Boko Haram, ISWAP, Bandits Plan Attacks On Abuja, Lagos, Others – NSCDC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 27, 2022
This came as military sources confirmed, yesterday, that a Lieutenant
and five soldiers were still missing after last Sunday’s attack on troops
of 7 Guards Battalion and 176 Battalion of Guards Brigade by terrorists
in Abuja, which left an Army captain dead.
According to media reports, the NSCDC said two separate bandit groups
have also concluded plans to attack Abuja and others.
The reports added that credible intelligence have been received that
Boko-Haram and the ISWAP terrorist groups have mobilised fighters
and high calibre weapons, particularly Rocket Propelled Grenades, RPG,
launchers, Anti-Aircraft, AA, guns and General Purpose Machine Guns,
GPMGS, which they intend to deploy for the offensive in Katsina State.


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Boko Haram: Kungiyar IS Ta Dauki Alhakin Kai Harin-Kunar-Bakin-Wake A Kan Sojin Nijeriya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 15, 2019
KungiyarIS ta yi ikirarin cewa, ita ce ta kai wa rundunar sojin Nijeriya hari a arewamaso gabas.
Saidai rundunar sojin Nijeriyar ta ce, dakarun hadin gwiwa sun fafata da mayakankungiyar, kuma sun kashe ‘yan bindiga 33 tare da kwace makamai da motoci.
Acikin wata wata sanarwa da ta fitar, kungiyar IS ta ce dan-kunar-bakin-wake acikin wata mota ne ya hari wani gungun sojoji a garin Arege kusa da tafkinChadi.
Harinna kunar-bakin-wake dai ba a saba ganin kungiyar na kai irin sa ba, ganin ta fiamfani da bindigogi ko abubuwa masu fashewa wajen kai wa rundunar sojin Nijeriyahari.
Rundunarsojin Nijeriya, ta ce ta na ci-gaba da aiki da rundunonin kasa da na sama daga kasashenKamaru da Nijar domin yaki da masu tada kayar baya.

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Boko Haram: Military Airstrike Hits Terrorists’ Camp, Kills Scores In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 16, 2020
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram camp in Borno, killing many fighters in air strikes on July 15.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche in a statement said the air raid took place at Ngwuri Gana along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe axis of the state.
He added that the operation was in continuation of the sustained offensive against terrorists elements in the North-East, carried out on the heels of intelligence reports indicating that the settlement was one of the locations from where the terrorists launch attacks against own troops’ positions and villages around the area.
According to Enenche, aerial surveillance missions also confirmed the presence of many terrorists in the settlement, some of whom were seen hanging their rifles.
The statement called for more air offensive against the terrorists and all other criminal elements threatening the peace and security of the country.

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Boko Haram: Military Foils Insurgents Attack On Dikwa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 21, 2019
The Nigeria military has repelled an attempted attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Dikwa town in Borno state.
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A source said the incident happenedyesterday at about 6:30pm when residents heard sporadic guns shots, while theAir Force responded promptly to support ground troops.
The source added that the Boko Haraminsurgents were coming from Marte Local Government Area axis as the attack wasquickly thwarted by the intervention of the Air Force.

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Boko Haram: NAF Decimate Insurgents’ Tactical Base, Neutralises Scores At Izza,Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 12, 2019
The Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has decimated a major tactical base of the Boko Haram Terrorists  in Borno.
TheNigerian Air Force  said the Air TaskForce also neutralised scores of insurgents’ fighters at Izza on the fringes ofthe Sambisa Forest in Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
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Daramolasaid the intensive air strikes were conducted under the auspices of Operation GREEN SWEEP III. He saidOperation GREEN SWEEP III is aimed at some identified terrorists’ positions inBorno.
Daramolaexplained that the location was designated for attack after series ofIntelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions had establishedthat the location was being used as a staging area from where the BHT elementslaunch their attacks.
Daramolasaid the NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, would sustain itsefforts to completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in the North-East.


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Boko Haram: NAF Degrades Insurgents’ Hideout At Abaganaram In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 2, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force ofOperation LAFIYA DOLE has degraded a terrorists’ hideout at Abaganaram inNorthern Borno state.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information,Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who announced this in a statement, said theoperation was carried out on Friday.
Daramola said the Nigerian Air Force, operating inconcert with surface forces, would sustain the effort to completely degrade theterrorists in the North-East.

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Boko Haram: NAF Destroys Insurgents’ Logistics In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
March 12, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF says its Air Task Force ofOperation LAFIYA DOLE, has destroyed Islamic State of West Africa Province,ISWAP terrorists’ vehicle at Tumbun Sale and Tumbun Allura in Borno state.
NAF’s spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in ina statement in Abuja that the Task Force equally destroyed some logisticsinfrastructure of the ISWAP in the fringes of Lake Chad.
Daramola explained that the operation was conducted followingintelligence reports indicating the presence of ISWAP fighters with somevehicles and logistic support items were well camouflaged under the densevegetation within the settlements.
The spokesman said the NAF, operating in concert withsurface forces, would sustain its efforts to completely destroy all remnants ofthe terrorists in the North East.

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Boko Haram: NAF Destroys Terrorists Command Control Centre In Dusula, Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 10, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF says itsAir Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko HaramTerrorists’ Command and Control Centre in Dusula near Sambisa Forest in Bornostate.
The Task Force successfully carriedout the operation through Operation Green Sweep-three which aimed to targetsome identified terrorists’ positions in Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations andInformation, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola who announced this in a statementin Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Friday.
Daramola said this was sequel to arenewed offensive aimed at further eliminating remnants of Boko Haram andIslamic State of West Africa Province Terrorists, ISWAP in the North-East ofNigeria,
He added that NAF, operating inconcert with surface forces, would sustain its operations against theterrorists in the North-East.


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Boko Haram: NAF Jets Bomb Insurgents Commanders During Meeting In Sambisa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
October 15, 2019
The Nigerian AirForce says its Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole had destroyed a locationat Boboshe, near Sambisa Forest in Borno State, being used by Boko Haramterrorists as a meeting venue.
NAF’s spokesman,Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a statement from the said the attack wasconducted following continual days of Intelligence, Surveillance andReconnaissance missions with Human Intelligence reports.
He said a buildingwithin the settlement was being used by the terrorists where their commandersassemble to take instructions before launching attacks against troops andcivilians.

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Boko Haram: NEMA Scales Up Response To Assist Evacuated Borno Community - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 9, 2019
The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA says it is scaling up response activities to assist families evacuated from Jakana community in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state.
The Information Officer, NEMA’s Northeast Zonal office, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, made this known in a statement in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
He said the affected families were evacuated by the military in furtherance of the ongoing clearance operations against the Boko Haram insurgents.
Ibrahim, who did not gave details on the numbers of the affected persons, stated that they were evacuated to Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons IDPs camp, Maiduguri.
He said the agency, in collaboration with other humanitarian organisations and stakeholders, had mobilised resources to support the displaced persons.
He added that the displaced persons were evacuated to Maiduguri for their safety in view of the ongoing operations to flush out insurgents in the area.


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Boko Haram: NGO's Urges FG To Implement Bama Initiative - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 2, 2019
A Non-governmental Organisation, NGO Bama Initiativefor Human Development has called on the Federal Government to expedite actionon implementation of the Bama Initiative project.
It said that this would fast-track the recovery andresettlement of communities ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgents in Bornostate.
The Chairman of the organisation Muhammad Hassan, madethe call in Maiduguri, at a news conference to commemorate the five-yearanniversary of the insurgents’ attack on Bama community.
Hassan noted that the project was initiated byPresident Buhari to reconstruct, rehabilitate and resettle the ravagedcommunity.
It would be recalled that Bama, the second largesttown in Borno was on September 1, 2014 ransacked by Boko Haraminsurgents.
According to statistics by the Borno State Government,over one thousand people were killed, residential houses and publicinfrastructure destroyed in the town by the insurgents.

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Boko Haram: Nigeria Addresses Human Rights Of Terrorists, IDPs In Geneva - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 10, 2019
The Federal Government has reiterated its positionon the implementation of the rights of terrorists, especially the Boko Haraminsurgents and Internally Displaced Persons.
PermanentRepresentative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Audu Kadiri,who led the Federal government delegation at the Human Rights Committee reviewmeeting in Geneva, Switzerland, said in a statement.
Kadiri, in the statement made available to Newsmenin Abuja on Wednesday said Boko Haram was an existential threat and there wereno absolute liberties, not anywhere, as one person’s liberty ended whereanother person’s liberty started.
He also notedthat Boko Haram was a well-organised body and it was not a question ofcivilians providing them with resources, it was about the political economy ofterrorism.
Kadiri pointed out that even more developedcountries were struggling to address terrorism; no country had a rule book or amanual.


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Boko Haram: Nigeria, Cameroon Troops Eliminate 27 Terrorists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 15, 2019
Nigeria and Cameroon troops killed 27 Boko Haram terrorists in a joint clearance operations, destroyed gun trucks and recovered arms and ammunition belonging to the terrorists.
The Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, who confirmed this in a statement said the troops’ encounter with the terrorists, took place in the Northern part of Wulgo, Tumbuma, Chikun Gudu and Bukar Maryam villages.
He said that no casualty was recorded on the part of the Nigerian and Cameroonian forces.
Musa said coordinated military operation was ongoing, especially in the fringes of Gombaru-Ngala and surrounding areas to deal with terrorists fleeing from the onslaught of the Multinational Joint Task Force


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Boko Haram: Nigerian Troops Repel Attack On Key Town Of Maiduguri - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 29, 2019
Nigerian soldiers on Wednesday repelled an attack byBoko Haram jihadists on the northeast city of Maiduguri, security sources andresidents said this.
The attack, the latest in a wave of assaults byIslamist gunmen, was repulsed hours before President Muhammadu Buhari was sworninto office for a second term in power.
Soldiers intercepted a “huge number” of fightersfrom Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri on Tuesday night, beginning anight-long battle that continued until close to dawn on Wednesday.
Troops fought all night, and “forced them to withdrawby dawn,” the source said.
A member of a self-defence militia, that fightsalongside regular troops, said Boko Haram forces were spotted as they movedtowards the city in the dark.
Boko Haram militants have launched several failedattempts to overrun Maiduguri.
Their decade-long campaign of violence has killedtens of thousands of people and displaced millions across the region.


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Boko Haram: Over Seven Million People Need Assistance In Adamawa, Borno, Yobe - UN - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 28, 2019
United NationsUndersecretary General, Mark Lowcock, has said that more than seven millionpeople currently need humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa and YobeStates, as a direct result of the Boko Haram attacks,
According to Lowcock,who coordinates UN’s Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, this yearalone, another 140,000 persons had been displaced by the resurgence of BokoHaram attacks in Borno State.
Lowcock, who was inNigeria last week on an official visit that took him to Maiduguri, the base ofBoko Haram insurgency, from where he carried out an assessment of the situationin the Northeast, issued a statement through the United Nations Office for theCoordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN-OCHA.
In the statement,Lowcock appreciated the efforts made by Nigeria and other bodies between 2016and 2018 to regain control of areas previously ravaged by the insurgents, whichassisted more than two million displaced people to return to their homes.
He said many farmers hadmissed multiple planting seasons and more than three million people were foodinsecure.

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Boko Haram: Presidency Reacts To Video On Abducted Humanitarian Workers In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 26, 2019
The Presidency has condemned the latest video released byBoko Haram insurgents showing some abducted humanitarian aid workers calling ongovernment and Nigerians to rescue them from their captors.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media andPublicity Garba Shehu, made the condemnation in a statement in Abuja.
According to Shehu, the latest video has created urgency forthe security agencies, especially the secret service, to ensure the release ofthose held captive by terrorist groups.
He said the Presidency has been briefed by the responsiblegovernment agency about the disturbing video showing Nigerian citizens, thehumanitarian aid workers, held captive.
The video, which had gone viral, showed the only lady among the six abducted aid workers calling on the Federal Government and Nigerians to come to their rescue.


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Boko Haram Recruiting In Lake Chad Region, Says MNJTF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 28, 2020
The Multinational Joint Task Force has raised an alarm on Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists’ recruitment drive in the Lake Chad region to replace its lost fighters.
The alarm was reportedly based on credible information on the terrorists’ plot to launch aggressive indoctrination and recruitment drives.
The Joint Task Force spokesman, Colonel Timothy Antigha, stated in Maiduguri that the terrorists’ recruitment drive commences in May, adding that Boko Haram was targeting young male adults to continue terrorism in the Lake Chad region.
The task force comprises armed forces of Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Republic who are fighting insurgency in member countries of Lake Chad Basin Commission.
Antigha, therefore, urged youths in North East states of Nigeria, Lake Province of Chad, Diffa region of Niger and extreme north region of Cameroon to be vigilant.


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Boko Haram: Residents Flee As Insurgents Attack Chibok, Madagali Villages - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 31, 2019
Residents are fleeing Michika and Madagali areas inAdamawa state, after Boko Haram insurgents razed several villages, and killedscores of people.
Hundreds of villagers from the affected villages aswell as neighbouring ones are currently fleeing their homes to Gulak, Mubi andother towns.
Boko Haram reportedly destroyed property in  Kuda-Kaya village in a Saturday night attackthat culminated in fierce battle with local vigilantes.
This is coming after series of similar attacks onseveral villages along the Adamawa-Borno border.
The chairman of Chibok Parents Association, YakubuNkenke, said one person died when Boko Haram burnt Gatamarwa village in Chibokarea on Thursday.
Last Wednesday, a Madagali village, Hantsa, alsocame under attack in which one person was said to have been shot dead by thearmed militants.


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Boko Haram Resurgence: PDP, SERAP, CDHR Attack Buratai For Shifting Blaming - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
June 20, 2019
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has come under attack for blaming poor commitment of troops on the front-line of the insurgency war for the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks.
Some groups, individuals and political parties have expressed shock over the statement by Buratai who said there was inadequate commitment by soldiers involved in the war against insurgents.
Buratai had on Tuesday, blamed soldiers at the front-lines for the recent setbacks in the war against Boko Haram. He had said that every setback the Nigerian Army has had in their operations in recent times can be traced to insufficient willingness to perform assigned tasks or simply insufficient commitment to a common national and military course by those at the front-lines.
But groups and individuals such as Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze, and a second republic politician, Tanko Yakasai called on President Buhari to sack him and all the service chiefs. They claimed his statement would not only demotivate the troops, it also showed that Buratai lacked the capacity to head the Nigerian Army.


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Boko Haram: Senate Committee Explains Why Insurgency Will Persist In North-East - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 9, 2020
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, says theresurgence insurgency being experienced in the North-East region will continueif critical challenges confronting the nation’s armed forces are not addressed.
The former Senate leader said poor funding of the NigerianArmed Forces, and the inadequate troops that were prosecuting the terroristsfight were not good enough for the country.
Ndume noted that the challenge the military now has is thatof lack of resources and inadequate personnel. He explained that the residentsof the three local government areas recently sacked by the Boko Haramterrorists in Borno State had yet to return to their homes.
The Senator added that the personnel of the Nigerian ArmedForces took over the council areas to ensure that the terrorists did not returnto perpetrate havoc after the resettlement of the civilians.
Ndume called on the Federal Government to do the needful, toensure the early return of the residents. He also described the resurgenceterrorists in the North-East as very unfortunate.

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Boko Haram Surrender: It Is Difficult To Accept Killers Of One’s Parents – Zulum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2021
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has said it is extremely difficult
to decide what to do with repentant Boko Haram members.
Many Boko Haram terrorists have recently surrendered to the military as
the Federal Government continues to ramp up its offensive against the
insurgency in the North-East.
The governor noted while addressing military officers and community
leaders in Bama and Gwoza.
But not accepting the terrorists could lead to “an endless war”, he added.
Zulum said his government will engage in high-level consultations –
including with victims of crimes perpetrated by the insurgents – to
“come up with a workable framework.”

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Boko Haram Surrender: It Should Not Be Blanket Amnesty And Pampering – NDUME - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
August 14, 2021
A few days ago, the Nigerian Army released a statement, saying the recent escalation of offensive operations by troops of operation HADIN KAI have led Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists in the North-East to surrender en masse, a report which stirred various reactions as to what becomes of the ‘repentant’ terrorists.
Speaking on the development Senator Ndume noted that this did not come to him as a surprise. He, however, was of the opinion that more must be done to the insurgents other than the pat on the back which seems to be the norm at the moment.
According to him, what needs to be done now is to ensure that the seemingly contrite insurgents are carefully profiled without any rush to have them return back to the community.
The legislator is of the opinion that the army should be more focused on ensuring that the Boko Haram war is brought to an end even faster than it has been predicted in various quarters.
Senator Ndume has consistently opposed amnesty for the terrorists who have murdered thousands of Nigerians and displaced millions in an insurgency that has lasted over a decade.

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Boko Haram Surrender Or Risk Imminent Calamity - GOC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
July 17, 2019
The General Officer Commanding 7-Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Bulama Biu has called on remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents to surrender to military troops or risk calamity. Insecurity: NAF Says Fight Remains Collective Effort
Biu, who spoke with newsmen in Maiduguri, warnedthat the military’s final onslaught against the insurgents would be sustaineduntil they were completely neutralised.
Biu was recently promoted by President Buhari forthe extraordinary feats, exemplary leadership, commitment and valour recordedunder his command in the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East Zone.
He said collective efforts put in place by officersand men of the Division translated to his elevation to the rank of MajorGeneral in the army.
Biu urged his troops to continue to displayprofessional commitment toward restoring peace and sanity in the North EastZone.


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Boko Haram: Three Soldiers Killed As Troops Foil Attack On Borno Village - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
August 15, 2019
Three soldiers are said to have died whentroops of Operation Lafiya Dole averted a Boko Haram attack on Molai village inBorno State.
The troops engaged the insurgents in agunfight on Wednesday night in Mammanti, a deserted village near Maiduguri, thestate capital.
The insurgents who came in large numberswere on their way to attack Molai, a settlement barely two kilometres away fromthe capital city before the gun duel broke out.
Sounds of explosions and ammunitions in thedead of the night had thrown not only Molai residents in panic but also someparts of Maiduguri where the people found them disturbing.
Soldiers around Mammanti who had been onred alert had, however, faced the assailants squarely, foiling their plans toinfiltrate Molai village or go beyond.
The gunbattle which begun at about 10pm issaid to have lasted till 2:30am on Thursday when the last gunshot was heard.
It is not clear how many casualties wererecorded on the side of insurgents, but military sources confirmed that threesoldiers were killed in the battle.


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Boko Haram Trial: Attorney-General Says Courts To Resume Sitting In New Bussa, Kainji In Niger - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 26, 2022
Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation Umar Gwandu in a statement, said the Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN made this known while receiving the Nigerian Ambassador to Netherlands Eniola Ajayi.
He also commended the Ambassador for her tireless efforts and patriotism recalling that Nigeria has cooperated fully with the court through submission of relevant documents which eventually led to its exoneration.
Malami however noted that a committee has already been established for the domestication of the Rome Statute in Nigeria.
Speaking earlier, Eniola expressed willingness to continue her patriotic service in the interest of the nation and also vowed to rededicate efforts to make positive impact in the discharge of her duties.

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Boko Haram: Troops Foil Insurgents’ Attack On Military Base In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2019
BokoHaram: Troops Foil Insurgents’ Attack On Military Base In Borno
TheNigerian Army said its troops successfully foiled a coordinated attack by BokoHaram insurgents at a military location in Borno state.
DeputyDirector, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa, saidthis in a statement in Maiduguri.
Isasaid that troops of 152 Battalion neutralized a number of the insurgents whenthey attempted to infiltrate its location on Monday at Bula-Yobe-Banki axis in thestate.
Headded that the troops killed unspecified number of the insurgents while many ofthem escaped with gunshot wounds, adding that various caliber of ammunition andequipment were recovered in the encounter.


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Boko Haram: Troops Kill Several Insurgents After Ambushing Army Commanders In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 8, 2020
The Nigerian Army has confirmed an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorist on the entourage of the Theatre Commander of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, Major-General Olusegun Adeniyi.
The Nigerian Army Operations MediaCoordinator, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement, said the attack happenedsome few kilometres to Auno, in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State.
He said many terrorists were destroyed,while two soldiers were wounded, adding that the commander was returning fromJakana, where he visited troops’ location, following his earlier meeting atAuno with Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum.
Iliyasu explained that the Commanderled the troops of his convoy to engage the terrorists with higher fire power,subduing them and then assaulting the ambush site with his men, thereby causingthe criminal insurgents to flee the location in disarray.

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Boko Haram: Troops Rescue 29 Women, 25 Children In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 13, 2019
The Army has rescued fifty four Boko Haram kidnappedpersons in Borno state, including twenty nine women and twenty five children.
A statement by the Acting Director Army Public RelationsColonel Sagir Musa, said the victims were freed after troops clearedMa’allasuwa and Yaa-Munye villages in the state. He added that the terroristsfled troops’ onslaught and abandoned the victims.
The Army Spokesman also said that troops on clearanceoperation in Damasak general area of Mobbar Local Government Area of Bornostate, destroyed two Boko Haram logistics vehicles and make shift camp.
In another development, Musa said that a Mobile policemanMarkus John, was arrested at Njimtilo check point on Maiduguri-Damaturu road,while on transit to Lagos.
The Spokesman said that at the time of arrest, John wasin possession of two magazines, Special ammunition and round of anti-aircraftgun concealed in his bag.


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Boko Haram: Troops Rescue 31 Women, Children From Terrorists In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
December 9, 2019
The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 31 persons including 14 women and 17 children at Mantari, Malam-Masari and Gabchari villages in Bama local government area of Borno State.
Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Aminu Iliyasu,who made this known in a statement in Abuja said the successful ambushoperation conducted by the troops of 21 Special Armoured Brigade led to therescue.
He added that the troops killed a number of Boko Haraminsurgents, while others escaped with gunshot wounds during the encounter.
According to Iliyasu, the combined troops of 68/94Battalions of Operation ‘Lafiya Dole’ also uncovered a Boko Haram enclave andengage it with devastating volumes of fire at Malam-Fatori in Abadam localgovernment area.
He also announced that troops of 144 Battalion engaged andneutralised three insurgents at Limankara, in Gwoza, during a failed attempt toinfiltrate the troops’ location.

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Boko Haram: Troops Rescue 42 Women, 51 Children, 2 Men In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 24, 2019
Troops have rescued forty two women, fifty one men and two children used by Boko Haram terrorists as labourer on farm in different clearance operations in Borno state.
The Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, confirmed this in a statement, adding that three terrorists were neutralised in the operation.
According to Musa, twenty four of the children rescued were administered with polio vaccines by the Nigerian Army Regimental Medical Officers.
He explained that it was in line with the Chief of Army Staff directive as a result of the collaboration between the army and National Primary Health Care Development Agency to reach out to areas not captured in the polio vaccination exercise.
Musa said new camps set up by the terrorists were also destroyed by the troops. He said some copies of Quran, one generator, two bicycles, flags, five bicycles, five SIM cards of different networks and assorted clothing materials were recovered.


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Boko Haram: Two Feared Killed In Fresh Violence In Borno IDP Camp - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 27, 2019
Two peoplewere killed and several wounded when Boko Haram fighters raided a camp forInternally Displaced Persons in Borno State, emergency services said on Friday.
Dozens ofBoko Haram fighters on motorcycles and two motorised rickshaws stormed intoDalori camp on Thursday, shooting people and looting food supplies afteroverrunning a nearby military base.
Dalori,about 15 kilometres from regional capital Maiduguri, houses about 50,000people.
The BokoHaram fighters attacked the camp after pushing out soldiers at a nearbymilitary base in a shootout, several displaced people said.
A civilianmilitia member guarding the camp, Hassan Modu, said he ran into the attackersas he tried to flee.
Daloricamp and the neighbouring village have been repeatedly targeted in Boko Haramattacks by heavily armed fighters and female suicide bombers.


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May 1, 2019
The Nigerian Army says it is taking steps to reportSidi Ali Mohammed, a member of Presidential Committee on the North EastInitiative, to appropriate authority over his knowledge on Boko Haram welfare.
The spokesman of the army, Colonel Sagir Musa madethis known in a statement on Wednesday.
Musa was reacting to Mohammed’s allegation that the“terrorist group members earn as much as $3,000 daily as against the Nigeriansoldier who is paid N1, 000 only.
He, however, urged Nigerians to discountenance thestatement credited to Mohammed, saying steps are being taken to formally reporthim to the appropriate authorities to further substantiate these unfoundedallegations.
Musa said that the Nigerian army’s attention was drawn to the false claim credited to Mohammed as published by the Sahara Reporters and other social media platforms.’ He said over time, the army had been alerting the world that the menace of Boko Haram terrorism was being “aided and abetted by sympathisers such as Sidi Ali Mohammed.


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Boko Haram: ‘Yan Kunar-Bakin-Wake Sun Kai Hari Garin Shawu Na Jihar Adamawa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
BOKOWasu ‘yan kunar bakin wake da ake zargin ‘yan kungiyar Boko Haram ne, sun yi kokarin kai hari a wani Cocin Katolika da ke birnin Shawu  a jihar Adamawa.
Kamaryadda rahotanni da mazauna yankin ke cewa, wasu ‘yan kunar bakin wake sun yishigar burtu da zummar shiga cocin, sai dai kafin su karasa sai Bom din da kejikin su ya tashi, wanda nan take biyu suka mutu, yayin da aka ce na ukun su yaranta a na kare kamar yadda wani dan yankin ya tabbatar wa manema labarai.
Yazuwa yanzu dai rundunar ‘yan sanda ta jihar ba ta yi karin haske a kan lamarinba,sai dai kakakin rundunar tsaro ta Civil Deffence Suleiman Baba ya yi karinhaske game da abin da ya faru da halin da ake ciki.
Lamarin dai ya na zuwa ne, yayin da ake ci-gaba da tattara sakamakon zaben gwamna da na majalisun dokoki na jihar.


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Boko Haram: ‘Yan Ta’adda Sun Kai Hari A Garin Miringa Na Jihar Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 28, 2019
Yankungiyar Boko Haram sun kai kari a garin Miringa da ke cikin karamar hukumarBiu ta jihar Borno, yayin da jama’a ke Sallar Magariba inda su ka rikaharbe-harben manyan bindigogi.
Rahotannisun ce yan ta’addan sun kai harin ne a barikin Soji, inda su ka kashe jami’indan sanda daya da wani mutum daya.
Mayakanna Boko Haram, sun dira garin ne a cikin motoci 13, inda su ka kona barikinsojin tare da banka wa wata makarantar firamare wuta.
Wani mazaunin garin mai suna Abba Usman, ya cedaga baya ne su ka koma muhallan su, inda su ka tarar an kona barikin sojin damasaukin sojin da mota da kuma wani sashen makarantar firamare.


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Bolivia: Five Farmers Killed In Clashes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 16, 2019
At least five people died after being shot in clashesbetween coca farmers and security forces in Bolivia.
About 34 people were injured and more than 100arrested.
The farmers were trying to march through Cochabamba toLa Paz to support ousted President Evo Morales, who is in exile in Mexico.
The Police and the military blocked the way of theprotesters on a bridge in Sacaba, an eastern suburb of Cochabamba.
The police chief in Cochabamba Jaime Zurita said thefarmers attacked security forces with guns.
Morales came from a family of coca farmers. In theearly 1980s he became active in the coca farmers’ union in central Chapareregion, before being elected executive secretary of a coca growers’ federationin 1988.

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Bomb Blast: UNICEF Condemns Insurgent Use Of Teenage Girls As Suicide Bombers In Borno - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 18, 2019
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has condemned the use of children as suicide bombers in Mandarari community in Borno state.
The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins in a statement released in Maiduguri, said the agency appealed to all those involved in this terrible conflict to protect children at all times and to keep them out of harm’s way.
The UNICEF said that since 2012, non-state armed groups in north-east Nigeria have recruited and used children as combatants and non-combatants, rape and force girls to marry, and committed other grave violations against children. It added that children were used in suicide attacks in Nigeria, Chad, Niger Republic and Cameroon.
It was reported that the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA in its report said thirty persons were killed and forty two others injured in multiple bomb blasts that rocked a Borno village.
According to several reports, three children; two girls and a boy were used to detonate explosives that killed many and others injured at a community football viewing centre in Konduga in Borno state.


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Bomb Scare: Youngster Arrested With Suspected Explosives In Kaduna Church - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 2, 2020
There was apprehension at Living Faith Church, Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State following the discovery of a bag in the church with suspected explosives left by a youngster during Sunday service today.
The boy identified as Nathaniel Samuel was said to have sneaked into the church along with other worshippers, left the bag with the pretense of going to ease himself.
A worshiper was said to be suspicious after the youngster did not return on time and opened the bag he left behind only to see suspicious items in it.
This alarmed the worshippers when the man raised alarm, and the congregation launched a hunt for the said Nathaniel Samuel. He was said to be found in a toilet fidgeting with a remote control sensor purportedly meant to detonate what he had in the bag.
The Police were called in and promptly whisked him away.
When contacted by Liberty News, Kaduna Police Command Spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Yakubu Sabo said the command was informed of the identity of the said Nathaniel Samuel arrested with items suspected to be explosives.
He said the Police were investigating the issue and would issue a statement later.

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Bombing Of Civilians: We Need Thorough Investigation, Gov Buni Tells NAF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 17, 2021
He stated that the state government will work closely with the security forces especially the Nigeria Air Force to establish what actually happened.
He said although it could have been an accident or mistaken target, but government will join hands with the security agencies to unravel the root cause of the incident.
He added that this is very important and necessary for us to guard against future occurrence and to safeguard the lives of our people.
Buni directed government hospitals in Geidam and Damaturu LGAs to offer free medical services to those who sustained injuries from the air strike, and commiserated with families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate air strike.

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Boosting Agric FG Issues Certificates Of Registration Sales Permit To Fertilizer Dealers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 2, 2022
Information officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Modupe Olatunji announced this in a statement issued in Abuja.
Permanent Secretary Ernest Umakhihe, during the presentation of certificates explained that the Ministry trained and deployed to the 36 States and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Fertilizer and Agricultural Pesticides Quality Control Inspectors.
He added that the inspectors are currently working with relevant security agencies to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Act and Regulations, in order to protect the farmers and the industries.
Umakhihe, who was represented by the Director of Special Duties ministry of Agriculture, Fausat Lawal stressed that the non-licensed operators are not allowed to produce, blend, import, market or distribute fertilizers in the country.
The Permanent Secretary urged the suppliers to ensure that only licensed agro-dealers were allowed to buy their products, and to abide strictly and operate within the provisions of the fertilizer Act and the implementing regulations.
On his part, the Director, Farm Inputs Support Services Department Kwaido Sanni said the Act and Regulations were not intended to create a stumbling block to the operators’ business but to protect the genuine entrepreneurs, the farmers, the environment and the entire citizenry from both economic and human losses.

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Boosting Agriculture: Minister Tasks Soil Council On Extension Services - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 20, 2021
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Muhammad Nanono, made the call in a statement by the ministry’s Deputy Director, Information,  Eno Olotu in Abuja.
Nanono, who was represented by the Director, Human Resource Department in the ministry, Abba Abdullahi, made the call at the inauguration of members of the newly reconstituted Governing Council of the NISS. He also urged the Council to brace up towards development of the agricultural sector, noting that their appointments were clear indication of their hardwork, dedication, expertise and experience which would be brought to bear in the discharge of their duties in improving the Institute.
Chairman of the Governing Council, Ayoade Ogunkunle said the Council had worked assiduously in pursuing the mission of the institute which includes, regulating the practice of soil science in Nigeria and ensure high agricultural productivity, food security among others.


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Boosting Agriculture: Organisation Tasks FG On Gender Friendly Farm Implements - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 6, 2019
The Small-scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria,SWOFON has called on the Federal Government to provide its members with genderfriendly agricultural equipment towards boosting their performances.
The Niger state Coordinator of SWOFON, Grace Disa madethe call when she visited the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development, Ibrahim Garba after a road walk in Minna. She alsoasked governments at all levels to provide 1, 480 power tillers and same numberof hand planters to the women farmers for each cooperative society.
Disa called on government to provide improved seeds tothe women farmers, saying that members of the group require nothing less than102, 661 bags of assorted fertilisers and 25 kg of assorted farm inputs everyfarming season.
Also, the National Coordinator SWOFON, OmoboyowaRoberts appealed to the three tier of government to emphasis on agriculture asit is the only genuine way to accelerate the economic growth of the country.
Responding, the Permanent Secretary of the stateMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ibrahim Garba assured the groupthat their demands would be forwarded to the Commissioner Haliru Jikantoro.

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Boosting Employment: Federal Government Approves Solid Waste Management Policy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 16, 2020
The Federal Executive Council, FEC has approved Solid Waste Management Policy to boost employment opportunities and ensure healthy environment in the country.
The Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s eighth virtual meeting in Abuja.
He explained that the policy would provide a framework for a comprehensive integrated solid waste management and involves the federal, state and local governments, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations as stakeholders.
Mahmood further said the policy was put together by the UN Industrial Development Organisation and the Federal Ministry of Environment as well as other stakeholders.
In her contribution, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sa’adiya Umar-Farouk, said she outlined the achievements and challenges facing the ministry during the meeting. She identified lack of funds and office accommodation as major challenges facing the ministry.


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Boosting Health: Institute Encourages Local Pharmaceutical Production - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 29, 2019
TheNational Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD says itis embarking on local production of medical and pharmaceutical products, toimprove access to healthcare in the country.
Theinstitute’s Director-General Obi Adigwe who announced this in Abuja said theproduction of the products would also boost socio-economic growth in thecountry.
Accordingto Adigwe, the country is blessed with numerous medicinal plants with hugemedical and pharmaceutical potentials that were not being exploited. He saidthe institute had already produced a sickle cell drug which would soon be inthe market.
TheDirector General explained that institute had access to research that wasignored in the past, which the institute would now start transforming intofinished products. He said that the focus was to achieve a remarkableimprovement in healthcare and also improve the socio-economic conditions ofNigerians.
Headded that institute found out that most of the eucalyptuses in the market isimported, but Kaduna has more than ten thousand hectares of it, and NIPRD hasthe technology to process it.


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Boosting Local Content: Channels 100% Cooking Gas To Domestic Market, Suspends Export - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 14, 2022
The agency and its Board of Directors in a statement said it would prioritise the domestic market for 100 per cent of its butane (cooking gas) production, noting that it supplied its first propane cargo into the domestic market three months ago.
It added that it had developed a system to sustainably supply propane for usage in cooking gas blending as well as in agro-allied, autogas, power and petrochemical sectors of the Nigerian economy to further deepen gas utilisation in the country.
The statement also explained that the initiatives were designed to increase cooking gas availability, diversify its uses and support the Federal Government’s Decade of Gas initiative.
Managing Director of the Agency Philip Mshelbila said the announcement marked the company’s strong commitment to the continued growth of the domestic LPG market and its passion to increase utilisation of one of the most versatile energy sources in the world.

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Boosting Oil Supply: NUPENG Tasks Buhari To Revitalise Refineries, Build New Ones - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 27, 2019
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG has called for the revitalization of Nigeria’s ailing refineries to pave way for sufficient local supply of petroleum products across the nation.
The oil workers, who argued that it was a shame for the country to be depending on imported products for local consumption, urged President Buhari to use his second term in office to end Nigeria’s reliance on imported products.
The union, which made its position known during its National Executive Council, NEC-In-Session, noted that Nigeria’s over dependence on petroleum products importation has made the country to be very vulnerable to the antics and manipulations of local and foreign barons.
NUPENG President, Williams Akporeha who said three refineries, could not sustain the economy, called on government to construct new refineries with full capacities. He argued that no matter how government maintains the old refineries, they would never come to full capacity due to the large population of the country.


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Boosting Oil Supply: NUPENG Tasks Buhari To Revitalise Refineries, Build New Ones - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 27, 2019
The Nigeria Union ofPetroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG has called for the revitalisation ofNigeria’s ailing refineries to pave way for sufficient local supply ofpetroleum products across the nation.
The oil workers, whoargued that it was a shame for the country to be depending on imported productsfor local consumption, urged President Buhari to use his second term in officeto end Nigeria’s reliance on imported products.
The union, which madeits position known during its National Executive Council, NEC-In-Session, notedthat Nigeria’s over dependence on petroleum products importation has made thecountry to be very vulnerable to the antics and manipulations of local andforeign barons.
NUPENG President,Williams Akporeha who said three refineries, could not sustain the economy,called on government to construct new refineries with full capacities. Heargued that no matter how government maintains the old refineries, they wouldnever come to full capacity due to the large population of the country.


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Border Closure: Buhari Meets Ghanaian President, Akufo-Addo In London, Offers More Information: Buhari Meets Ghanaian President, Akufo-Addo In London, Offers More Information - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari held a bilateral meeting with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, in London and gave more explanation on why Nigeria’s borders were partially closed.
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, FemiAdesina, in a statement in Abuja, said the meeting was held at the sidelines ofUK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
Buhari stated that the partial closure of the borders werenot solely because food products, mainly rice, were being smuggled intoNigeria, but also because arms and ammunition, as well as hard drugs were beingferried into Nigeria.
He added that he could not keep his eyes open, and watchyouths being destroyed through cheap hard drugs, and compromised securitycaused by unbridled influx of small arms.
According to him, the Sahel region is awash with small arms,which accounts for severe security challenges in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso,Niger and Nigeria.
On his part, President Akufo-Addo pleaded for an expeditedprocess, because the Nigerian market is significant for certain categories ofbusiness people in Ghana.

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Border Closure: Customs Says No Date Yet To Re-open - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 4, 2019
The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS hasclarified that there is no date yet for the reopening of borders that have beenpartially closed since August.
The explanation came on the heels ofa social media report that the borders would be reopened on January 31.
The report referred to a directive byPresident Muhammadu Buhari to the Customs, setting January 312020,as the terminal date for the border-closure.
The Customs’ Public RelationsOfficer, Joseph Attah explained that the internal memo the online media quoteddid not set any date for the reopening of the borders. He said the memo wasonly referring to the terminal date of the joint security outfit, Ex SwiftResponse.
Attah maintained that the partial borderclosure would last till the achievement of its set objectives.

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Border Closure: DPR Monitors Compliance To Non-Supply Of Products In Cross Rivers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 19, 2019
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR has visitedfilling stations close to the Mfum border, in Etung local government area ofCross River State, with a view to ensure compliance to closure order.
This is part of the directives by the Federal Governmentthat all filling stations operating within 20 kilometres to the border andinter-land should not be supplied petroleum product.
DPR’s Acting Operations Controller in Cross River, Sir ChamMusa-Mohammed, told newsmen after a surveillance exercise across the State thataffected all the filling stations that shares a boundary with Cameroon,had complied with the directives.
He said that during the surveillance, 47 filling stationswere visited and two were sealed for under-dispensing the product and laterunsealed after the pumps were adjusted.
The Acting Controller assured residents of the State thatduring the Christmas and New Year season there is no need for panic buying,adding that there would be adequate product supply during the period.

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Border Closure: Federal Government Inaugurates NFAN Executives To Boost Fish Production - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 13, 2019
The Federal Government hasinaugurated the executive officers of the National Fish Association of Nigeria,NFAN as part of efforts to reposition the fish sub-sector to meet increasinglocal demand.
The Permanent Secretary, FederalMinistry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Edet Akpan while  inauguratingthe officers in Abuja said it is part of the Federal Government’s effort toencourage farmers and other stakeholders in its diversification programme.
The Permanent Secretary said thecoming together of all stakeholders in the fish value chain would enable themwork in synergy with a common interest to boost production.
The President of NFAN, GabrielOgunsanya said the inauguration had added impetus to the association’s mandateto not only feed Nigerians but work hard to meet the export demand of fish.
He noted that with over five millionmembers across the country, the association was ready to storm the markets withdifferent species of fish to meet both local and international demands.

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Border Closure: Federal Government Laments 1,400 Illegal Roads Existing As Smugglers Routes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 9, 2019
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS says about one-thousand-four-hundred illegal border roads exist as smugglers routes, which create security challenges.
The Comptroller-General of the Service, David Parradang,said the country has only eighty-four approved land border control posts.
But the Federal Government noted that the porous bordershave resulted in a crisis in the economic sector that is affecting thedevelopment of the country. The Federal Government had, in August, announcedits border closure with Benin Republic.
The operation, under the codename: “Ex-Swift Response’’,was a collaborative security operation involving the Nigeria ImmigrationService, Nigeria Customs Service, together with Nigeria Police Force and theArmed Forces.
The partial closure of border with the Benin Republic hasbeen attributed to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, takingplace on that corridor.
Also, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service,Hameed Ali noted that the closure of Nigeria’s borders was undertaken to strengthenthe nation’s security and protect its economic interests.


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Border Closure: Federal Government Says Action Not Breaching Free Trade Agreement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 16, 2019
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono says Federal Government’s border closure does not in any way breach the free-trade agreement in the West African sub-region.
TheMinister explained that the measure is meant to protect the country and itscitizens from the nefarious activities that take place at the borders. He addedthat the Federal Government is holding talks with the countries concerned, toensure that they kept to the terms of the free-trade agreement.
Nanonosaid the Free-trade does not mean Nigeria has to be a dumping ground foreverything imported by others, adding that the products are not even from allthese countries involved, adding that the border closure was not meant to hurtanybody.
TheMinister noted that one of the major impacts of the border closure was thatNigerians have begun to consume local rice and other locally-producedcommodities, pointing out that a lot of activities were going on at the borderswhich were not in the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians.

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Border Closure: FG Nabs 697 Illegal Migrants, Seizes N7bn Goods - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2020
TheFederal Government has arrested 697 illegal migrants and seized goods worth7.350 billion naira since the commencement of the partial closure of landborders.
TheNigeria Customs Service, in a statement by its spokesman, Deputy ComptrollerJoseph Attah, said as of March 6th, it had arrested the 697 illegal migrantsand recorded the 7.3 billion naira seizures.
Thegoods included 86,602 units of 50kg bags of foreign rice, 1,172 vehicles, 695fertiliser bags, and 2,997 drums filled with petrol.
Theothers were 16,771 empty petrol containers, 90 engine boats, 68 groundnut oildrums, 26 petrol tankers, 14,604 petrol kegs, 656 motorcycles, 15,089 petrolkegs, and vegetable oil.
Customssaid the drill codenamed ‘Exercise SWIFT Response’ has continued to yieldpositive results, saving Nigeria huge resources and enhancing nationalsecurity.


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Border Closure: Nigerian Senate Opposes Federal Government Action - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 26, 2019
Nigerian Senate has opposed the landborders closure by the Federal Government, saying it was a temporary solutionto a permanent problem.
While contributing to a motionsponsored by Adamu Aliero, tagged “The Impact of Border Closure on the NigerianEconomy,” Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abba Moro, Gabriel Suswam, Ibikunle Amosun,Solomon Adeola and others who opposed the total closure, urged the President toreconsider his position.
Abaribe said the closure of theborders had affected the prices of food and other services in the market, whichwere predominantly imported through land borders.
Suswam, in his contribution,questioned why agencies responsible for policing the borders have failed tocarry out their duties.
On his part, Amosun said while hesupported the security benefits of the closure, however opposed to the hardshipit had brought to Nigerians living along the borders.

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Border Closure: No Going Back On Policy – Immigration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 29, 2019
Comptroller General of Immigration, MohammedBabandede, has declared that there is no going back on the border closurepolicy, stressing that it has yielded positive results as far as the securityof the nation is concerned.
Babandede who stated this in Kano State said noresponsible country wants to operate porous borders where contrabands, illegalimmigrants, arms and ammunitions will be smuggled unchecked.
He said it is the responsibility of Immigrationofficials to ensure maximum security of the borders or else the nation willcontinue to battle with several insurmountable criminal activities.
The Comptroller said in line with the new vigor theCommand opened a patrol office in Katsina, Daura and many other places andposted 30 officials to each duty post.
He noted that every officer will be expected tospend at least three months in the bush before he will be asked to relocatehome while another takes over from him.

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Border Crimes: Nigeria, Niger Republic Security Teams Meet On Modalities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 17, 2019
A Joint security team from 8-Division Nigerian Army,Sokoto has visited their Niger Republic counterpart to discuss modalities totackle common border crimes.
A statement by the Acting Director Army PublicRelations, Colonel Sagir Musa said the team was led by Brigadier General L.K.N.Udeagbala, Commander 1-Brigade, who represented the GOC 8-Division.
Musa said the team met their Niger Republiccounterpart at Dakana, where they extensively brainstorm on unfolding securitychallenges in Sokoto State and environs.
According to Musa, the team comprisesrepresentatives from Police, Department of State Services, DSS NigerianImmigration Service, Nigerian Custom Service and Nigerian Security and CivilSecurity and Defence Corps.
He said following security threats on the borderbetween Nigeria and Republic of Niger, a joint military border patrol team wasset up in September 2018.


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Border Demarcation: Commission Urges Plateau, Taraba Communities To Cooperate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 11, 2022
Director-General of the Commission Adamu Adaji, who made the call in Abuja during the Joint Meeting between delegates from the two states, noted that the history of Plateau shows that the two states are sister states that coexisted and shared things in common. He also recalled that in 1996, the two states accepted bilateral agreements and a boundary line which was sanctioned by the commission.
Adaji however stressed that boundary lines do not deny anyone the right to own property in another state, adding that it is for administrative purpose.
On his part, the Taraba state Deputy Governor Haruna Manu said the Governors of the two had met, discussed and resolved the matter about three months ago. He however stressed that the communities should know that boundary pillars would not separate them from their farm lands or families.
Also contributing, the Plateau Deputy GovernorSonni Tyoden said the issues between Taraba and Plateau was not a big one. According to him, the solution lies in the hands of the traditional rulers and people within the border lines.

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Border Killings: Tanzania And Mozambique To Work Together - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 1, 2019
Tanzanian andMozambican police have agreed to work together after 12 people were killedclose to the border by suspected militants who had crossed over fromMozambique.
Speaking alongside hisMozambican counterpart at the border, Tanzania’s police chief, Simon Sirro saidthat those who go against the law will be dealt with.
Earlier, the policehad said that on Wednesday the Tanzanians from near the city of Mtwara had goneto their farms on the border.
They were attackedwith guns by a group wearing military fatigues coming across from Mozambiqueand  then crossed back.
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Border Reopening: Rice Millers Want Stringent Measures Put In Place - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2020
This was made known by the National President, RIMAN, Peter Dama, in an interview with Vanguard, following fears of connivance by some government security personnel with those who smuggle prohibited items into the country.
Dama charged security personnel representing the country a the borders to be diligent, honest, and patriotic in enforcing the law in the interest of economic growth and development.

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Borders Reopening: Nigeria, Benin And Niger Set Up A Committee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 15, 2019
Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republics have constituted ajoint border patrol team comprising the Police, Customs and Immigration of thetripartite countries to recommend a date for the reopening of the borders.
The three countries agreed in a resolution in Abuja atthe end of the Tripartite Anti-Smuggling Committee Meeting of Nigeria, Beninand Niger republics.
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama,while reading the communiqué at the end of the meeting, said the meeting tooknote of all concerns raised and agreed to establish a monitoring and evaluatingcommittee of the three countries.
Onyeams said that the committee will comprise ofMinisters of Finance, Trade, Foreign Affairs, Customs, Immigration and NationalSecurity Adviser.
He said that the Committee is with a mandate to ensureactions that would facilitate and enhance the suppression of smuggled goods andother related matters.
The team is to hold its first meeting in Abuja fromNovember 25 to 27.

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Borehole Drilling: FG Assures Citizens Of Easy Access To Safe Water - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2022
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources Didi Walson-Jack gave the assurance in Ibadan, Oyo State at the opening ceremony of the national sensitisation workshop on the 2013 National Water Resources Master Plan and UN Water Convention, for stakeholders in South-West geo-political zone.
According to her, the Water Resource Master Plan is a document which helps to ensure that water resources in Nigeria are developed and managed adding that the objective was to ensure that citizens would have access to safe water
The Permanent Secretary said increase in water demand due to population growth was a notable issue confronting the development and management of the nation’s water resources. She added that the workshop would also be used to sensitise the participants on the need for Nigeria to accede to the UN Water Convention.
In his welcome address, Shaaban Obatade, who represented the Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources at the event, said the workshop was a testimony of the need to preserve and rescue the nation’s water resources.

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Borno: Air Force Destroys Terrorists’ Tactical Base In Kollaram - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 27, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said its Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has launched Operation Green Sweep II against terrorists in northeast Nigeria. A statement from Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said the Air Interdiction Operation, which commenced on Wednesday, 26 June 2019, will target selected locations within the Northeast in order to degrade the remnants of the terrorists as well as deny them safe havens and freedom of action.
He said, In the morning of Day One of the Operation, air strikes by NAF aircraft resulted in the obliteration of an Islamic State of West Africa Province tactical headquarters and neutralization of several terrorists at Kollaram in northern Borno state.
He added that, “the attack was executed following series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions that showed the presence of a significant number of ISWAP fighters in buildings under trees spread across the settlement along with communication facilities with roof-mounted solar panels, defensive parapets around the settlement as well as suspected tunnels at various locations.


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Borno Attacks: Boko Haram Admits Responsibility - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 14, 2019
TheIslamic State says its fighters have killed no fewer than 20 Nigerian soldiersin some attacks in Borno State.
Oneof the recent attacks was carried out on Wednesday, July 12, in Borno Statewith the insurgents attacking troops of 158 Battalion Location at KaretoVillage of Mobbar Local Government Area, Borno State.
Theoutlawed group claimed responsibility for the attack in a message published ona website.
Thegroup claims its affiliate, the Islamic State In West Africa (ISWA), whichsplit from Boko Haram terrorist group in 2016, has carried out a number ofattacks in the northeast over the last few months.
Effortsto get a reaction from the military proved abortive as the spokesperson ofOperation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa did not respond to phone calls nor replytext messages.
Meanwhile,the group also claimed to have attacked a military base in Kareto village whichis some 130 kilometres from the Borno State capital Maiduguri.


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Borno, Evidence Of Nigeria’s Resilience—Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2022
Osinbajo made this submission during a courtesy visit to the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar El-kanemi, in Maiduguri.
The vice president was in Borno to unveil the 30th edition of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises MSMEs Clinics in Maiduguri and also to inaugurate some projects completed by Governor Babagana Zulum.
Osinbajo said that he had inaugurated projects in the state and was looking forward to inaugurating more.
He commended the governor for the excellent work that he was doing; and for the great encouragement that he was giving to all Nigerians everywhere and also to the political class.
Osinbajo told the traditional ruler that aside inaugurating projects, he was in the state for MSMEs Clinics.
He thanked El-Kanemi for his hospitality and friendship.
Earlier, El-Kanemi appreciated the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the vice president for their efforts in ensuring the restoration of lasting peace in Borno and the North-East Zone in general.

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Borno: FG Spends Over N5bn On Health, Humanitarian Response - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 14, 2019
The Federal Ministry of Health says it has expended over five billion naira on provision of health and humanitarian services in response to the effects of insurgency in Borno state.
The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole made the announcement during the Nigeria Humanitarian Response Dialogue organised by the ministry in Abuja with the theme: “Health in Humanitarian Response’’  aimed at creating a system that would respond to humanitarian issues nationally and other emerging areas of humanitarian response.
Adewole noted that Borno, as the epicenter of the conflict was found to have had the worst health indices and still in need of immediate intervention.
He said the health sector’s response to humanitarian crisis was initiated by the ministry in 2016.
According to the Minster, it is part of the Federal Government’s efforts to ensure quality healthcare delivery for affected communities, the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs and other vulnerable groups


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Borno Massacre: Shekau-Led Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Slaughter Of Rice Farmers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 1, 2020
The Shekau-led Boko Haram on Tuesday in footage also claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 22 farmers last month.
The infamous group said the attacks were retaliation on farmers for arresting its members and handing them over to the Nigerian military.
Shekau’s claim collaborates a resident of Zabarmari and a member of Rapid Response Squad, a Borno government-established task force against banditry, who said a group of farmers on Friday disarmed a lone Boko Haram member and handed him over to the local security operatives.

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Borno: NAF Destroys Insurgents’ Hideouts In Gobara, Bakassi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 29, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force ofOperation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and killed somefighters at Gobara and Bakassi in Borno.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information,Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturdayin Abuja, added that the operation was conducted on Friday in separate airraids.
According to Daramola, the settlements were two ofthe targets selected for attack in the intensive air interdiction operations launchedby the ATF on Wednesday.
He explained that the attack on Gobara, a settlementin the Sambisa Forest area, was carried out by two Alpha Jets afterIntelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions had identified a segmentof the settlement being used by Boko Haram Terrorists fighters to store theirlogistics and other equipment.
The attackplatforms were vectored to the area of concentration of the terrorists,unleashing their munitions on the target and causing significant damage to thecamp and neutralising many terrorists.


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Borno National Assembly Members Meet Fashola Over Poor Infrastructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2019
Senators and House ofRepresentatives members from the various constituencies in Borno State onTuesday met with the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, tocomplain about the huge infrastructure deficit in the state.
The National Assembly members notedwith concern that the long period of the insurgency had prevented governmentfrom working on the various dilapidated infrastructure across the state.
The Senator representing BornoSouth, Ali Ndume, who addressed journalists on behalf of his colleagues afterthe meeting, called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene in therehabilitation of major roads in the state.
Ndume said the call became necessaryfollowing the harrowing experience that residents and commuters now face on thedilapidated roads.
He lamented that work had yet tostart on some of the roads like Biu-Gombe, Biu-Maiduguri, Biu-Damaturu,Biu-Gombi, Bama-Gwoza-Mubi and Gwoza-Damboa-Buni Yadi, which were captured inprevious budgets and consequently awarded.

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Borno Witnessing Improved Security Situation- Zulum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 20, 2022
Zulum said this when he hosted members of Borno Elders Forum and some security personnel to Ramadan Iftar at the Government House, Maiduguri.
Zulum said that the security situation has resulted in successes in the reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement of many communities as well as reopening of the Bama-Banki Road, Dikwa-Gamboru-Ngala Road and Maiduguri-Monguno Road.
The governor also said that the mass surrender of Boko Haram insurgents and the creased farming and fishing activities at the shores of Lake Chad were as a result of the improved security situation.
Zulum said that government has reconstructed 2,500 classrooms out of the 5,000 destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the state in addition to building new schools across the state.


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Borno: Zulum, Stakeholders React To Insurgents Surrender - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Borrowings: Debt Servicing May Take All Of Nigeria’s Revenue By 2026, IMF Warns - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2022
The Bretton Wood institution raised concerns over Nigeria’s fiscal conditions, adding that the nation spends 89 per cent of its revenue on debt.
The IMF’s Resident Representative for Nigeria, Ari Aisen, made this known in Abuja while presenting the fund’s latest Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook report.
IMF also warned that with fuel subsidy payments averaging N500 billion monthly, total expenditure on subsidy could hit a record N6 trillion by the end of the year.
The IMF official lamented that as an oil exporter, Nigeria is unable to take advantage of the current global high oil prices to build reserves.
In the midst of the uncertainties, the World Bank Group  urged Nigeria to rethink its fuel subsidy  regime and multiple exchange rates policy.
Speaking on the economic outlook for the continent, the IMF official advised governments across the region to reduce debt vulnerabilities, balance inflation and growth, and manage foreign exchange rate pressures.


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Borrowings: Nigeria Piles Up N2.36tn Debt Stock In Three Months - DMO - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 17, 2021
This shows an increase of N2.36tn or 7.13 per cent increase within the three-month period.
The Director General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Patience Oniha, provided a breakdown of the public debt stock for the second quarter of 2021 during a virtual media presentation on Wednesday.
The total external debt stock rose from N12.47tn as of March 31 to N13.71tn as of June 30, indicating an increase of N1.24tn or 9.94 per cent.
The total domestic debt stock rose from N20.64tn as of March 31 to N21.75tn as of June 30, indicating an increase of N1.11tn or 5.38 per cent.
The DMO boss stated that the debt stock was fast growing, with a high debt service to revenue ratio, alongside issues around the use of debt proceeds.
She blamed the public debt issues on high infrastructure deficit, recession, consecutive budget deficits, low revenue base, worsened by the country’s reliance on a single source of income – crude oil.
She said the government needed to expand its revenue base and promote public-private partnership.

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Botswana: Country Begins Deporting 800 Namibian Refugees - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
Botswana has deportedthe first group of more than 800 Namibian refugees who have been living in thecountry for two decades.
On Tuesday, 94refugees were transported back to their home country from a camp in the villageof Dukwi.
The group fled Namibiain 1999 following a failed secessionist uprising. Many of the refugees arereported to be members of a banned secessionist political party in Namibia.
They were declaredillegal immigrants last month after they refused to register for voluntaryrepatriation, citing fears of persecution if they returned home.
Namibia’s ImmigrationMinister Frans Kapofi said the country was “ready to receive ourcitizens”.

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Botswana: President Masisi Orders Conduct Of Elections On October 23rd - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 1, 2019
Botswana’s President MokgweetsiMasisi has ordered the conduct of the country’s general elections on October 23,as tensions rise with his alienated predecessor, Ian Khama, the man who put himin the top job.
Khama, whose father led the countryto independence, has accused Masisi of becoming an autocrat and threatening thecountry’s reputation as an encouragement of stability.
An official of the Botswana’sNational Election Commission, Osupile Maroba said Masisi has called for theholding of the 2019 General Elections to fill the fifty seven National Assemblyvacancies and four hundred and ninety local government vacancies.
The last date for nominations isSeptember 26.
The country has been ruled by theBotswana Democratic Party uninterruptedly since it gained independence fromBritain in 1966 and will this year come face to face with the oppositioncoalition Umbrella for Democratic Change.

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Boundaries: Commission Says No Dispute Between Katsina, 3 Other States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2021
Director General of the commission Adamu Adaji said this in Katsina at a joint meeting of officials of Katsina, Kano and Zamfara state over interstate boundary demarcation. He noted that the meeting on the Katsina/Kano interstate boundary resulted in an agreed single line boundary between them.
Adaji also said the meeting on the Katsina/Zamfara boundary was to work on a fresh road map towards the physical tracing of the interstate boundary.
The Director General however expressed the Commission’s sympathy over what he called the pains and grieves of the people of the states because of the problems of insecurity.
On his part, The Katsina State Deputy Governor Mannir Yakubu stated that Kano/Katsina boundary is one of the most peaceful interstate boundaries in the country. Yakubu, also the Chairman of the Katsina State’s Boundary Committee, said the two states had never recorded any dispute over boundaries.

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NCDC Dismisses Bovine TB Report In Beef - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 16, 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has dismissed as false, social media reports on purported outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in cattle from the northern part of the country.
The Centre’s Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu in a statement in Abuja said Nigerians should disregard the fake report as it was false.
Read Related News:  NCDC Confirms 15 New Cases Of In 6 States
Ihekweazu assured Nigerians that there were no recordedcases of bovine tuberculosis in the country nor were there concerns on it atthe moment.
He again advised Nigerians to ensure that meat and otherfood to be consumed were well cooked and safely handled to avoid the spread offoodborne illnesses.
The Centre’s boss added that Nigerians should visit thecenters website or its Twitter and Facebook pages, for accurate information ondisease outbreaks in the country.
The fake report was being circulated claiming that theDirector General of World Health Organisation had alerted on bovine tuberculosisin cattle from the North and advised Nigerians to stop eating beef.


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Boxing: Federal Government Hails Usman For Winning UFC Welterweight Belt - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 2, 2019
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairsand Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has congratulated US-based Nigerian boxer,Kamaru Usman, for winning the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweightbelt.
Usman, the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ defeated long reigningchampion American Tyron Woodley in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Dabiri-Erewa, said in a congratulatory letter to Usman, thatthe victory was not only for Nigeria, but the whole of Africa being the firstAfrican fighter to win a UFC title.
The Presidential aide urged Usman to continue to use his Godgiven talent to benefit mankind, especially African youths in the Diaspora.


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Boxing: Nigeria’s Sports Minister Congratulates UFC Champion, Usman - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 15, 2020
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, lauded Nigerian-born pugilist Kamarudeen Usman for retaining his Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, Welterweight belt against America’s Jorge Masvidal.
Dare said in a statement that Usman’s win was not only inspiring, but a confirmation of the Nigerian never-say-die spirit.
Usman retained his title via unanimous decision in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
The fight was almost called off due to a disagreement over pay because Masvidal was named as a last minute replacement to earlier challenger Gilbert Burns who pulled out after he tested positive to COVID-19.
The feat is Usman’s 11th successful win in 3 title defence in the United Arab Emirate.
Usman earned 600,000 dollars appearance fee and 40,000 dollars as incentives, while his challenger got 500,000 dollars
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Boxing: Nigeria’s Usman Handed Six Months Medical Suspension After Breaking Nose Against Masvidal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 20, 2020
Nigeria’s boxing champion, Kamaru Usman, has been handed a 180-days medical suspension after breaking his nose during his fight against Jorge Masvidal.
The 33-year-old Nigerian Nightmare suffered a broken nose as he retained his UFC Welterweight title last weekend.
He will also be forced to avoid any contact for at least three weeks while the nose heals.
Meanwhile, Masvidal will also miss a month himself due to a forehead laceration sustained in his defeat.
The American veteran took the fight on just six days’ notice but failed to pull off a miraculous win.
Masvidal has now been handed a 30-day medical suspension to allow a nasty gash on his face to heal.
As with Usman, he will be forced to avoid any contact work for three weeks.


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Brain Drain: 6, 221 Nigerian Doctors Lost To United Kingdom In 6 Years – ICS. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 22, 2023
According to the college, this has made it difficult for over 40million Nigerians to see a doctor, as the patient-to-doctor ratio has risen sharply.
President of the college, Prof. Akanimo Essiet, and the Secretary-General, Prof. Lucky Onotai, in a communique issued at the end of the college’s 56th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference held in Lagos weekend, and signed by them, said: “The ‘JAPA’ phenomenon has drastically reduced our healthcare workforce.
Studies show that about 87 per cent of workforce are dissatisfied and wish to emigrate to greener pastures. Before 2022, the ratio of 1 doctor to 4,000 patients whereas the WHO recommended standard is 1 doctor to 600 patients.
Meanwhile, Evidence shows that the gap widens and the number of registered Nigerian doctors in the UK rose from 4,765 in 2017 to 10,986 in 2023.


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Brain Drain: FG Mulls Introduction Of "Scarce Skills Allowance" - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 13, 2019
The Federal Government may considerintroducing special allowance tagged “Scarce Skills Allowances” to curb thepersistent challenge of brain drain which is detrimental to the nation’seconomy.
The Chairman of National Salaries,Income and Wages Commission, Richard Egbule said the allowance would targetskilled people leaving the country in search of greener pasture.
He explained that the commission hadtried introducing the concept of Scarce Skills Allowances some years backwithout much success.Egbule said that the government may reconsiderintroducing the Scarce Skills Allowance to curb human capital flight, if it isproperly defined, packaged and presented


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Brain Drain: Nigeria May Import Medical Doctors In Future —NMA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 17, 2022
NMA also warned that if urgent steps were not taken to fix the deteriorating situation, it may lead to total collapse of the health system in the country.
The alarm was raised by Oyo State NMA Chairman, Ayotunde Fasunla, in Ibadan at the official opening of the 2022 scientific conference, titled: ‘National Health Authority Act – The Sound Bites’.
The body also called for a state of emergency in the health sector with a view to holistically addressing the menace of pull and push factors, responsible for mass migration of health personnel to Europe, America, Middle East and other African countries.
He noted that the budgetary allocation to the health sector in 2022 was approximately 4.2 per cent of the national budget.
The event has as a sub-theme: ‘Industrial Harmony in the Health Sector A Necessity for Health Sector Growth.”


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Brain Drain: Nigerian Govt Rejects Bill To Halt Resident Doctors Migration. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 17, 2023
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, revealed this while fielding questions from journalists after the extraordinary Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House, Abuja.
The sponsor of the bill, a member of the House of Representatives from Lagos State, Ganiyu Johnson, had explained that the move will check the mass exodus of medical practitioners from the country.
Reacting to the development, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have embarked on a five-day warning strike, vowing to resist any guise to enslave Nigerian medical doctors.
They also demanded an immediate increment in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to the tune of 200 per cent of the current gross salaries of doctors, the immediate implementation of CONMESS, domestication of the Medical Residency Training Act, and review of hazard allowance by all the state governments as well as private tertiary health institutions where any form of residency training is done; among others.


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Brain Drain: Nigerian-Trained Nurses Top List Of Foreign Medics Working In UK - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 8, 2022
According to the data published, one in three doctors and nurses, who
joined the NHS in England, last year, were recruited from overseas, raising concerns the health service is becoming over-reliant on foreign recruits.
According to an analysis, data from NHS Digital shows the share of healthcare staff recruited from overseas almost doubled between 2014
and 2021.
A breakdown showed that Nigeria was only surpassed by India and the
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Brazil 2019: Golden Eaglets Begin Camping In Abuja - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 14, 2019
Five-times champions Nigeria in Abuja got theircamping programme for the FIFA under 17 World Cup finals holding in Brazil fromOctober 26 to November 17th.
The Golden Eaglets had picked a ticket to thecompetition after finishing among the top four teams at the Africa under 17 Cupof Nations in Tanzania in April.
Garba was head coach of the Nigerian squad which wonNigeria’s fourth title in the United Arab Emirates UAE in 2013.
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Brazil: Cyclone Leaves 13 Dead, Many Missing. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 21, 2023
The government of Rio Grande do Sul state, which borders Argentina and Uruguay, in a statement said According to the state branch of Protection and Civil Defense, 13 people died from the effects of the cyclone.
A total of 2,330 people were left with damaged houses and 602 were evacuated from areas at risk due to the passage of the cyclone between Thursday and Friday.
Rio Grande do Sul governor Eduardo Leite visited the worst-affected areas by helicopter together with government and rescue officials.
Brazil has been hit by a series of deadly weather disasters in recent years, which experts say are being made worse by climate change.
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Brazil name Neymar in team to face Super Eagles - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 20, 2019
Brazil national team gaffer, Adenor Leonardo Tite has released a 23-man provisional roster for next month’s international friendly meeting against Senegal and Nigeria.
The Selecao will tackle the Lions of Teranga on October 13 before clashing with the Super Eagles three days later at the Singapore National Stadium.
Top on the list of invited payers is Paris Saint German’s Neymar, Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino and Barcelona loanee Philippe Coutinho all making the cut.
There is also addition of English Premier League stars like Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City).
Full Squad
Goalkeepers :  Ederson (Manchester City), Santos (Athletico-PR), Weverton (Palmeiras)
Defenders : Eder Militão (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo), Thiago Silva (PSG),  Alex Sandro (Juventus), Daniel Alves (São Paulo), Danilo (Juventus), Renan Lodi (Atlético de Madrid)
Midfielders :  Arthur (Barcelona), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fabinho (Liverpool), Lucas Paquetá (Milan), Matheus Henrique (Grêmio), Philippe Coutinho (Bayern)
Strikers:  Everton (Grêmio), Gabigol (Flamengo), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Neymar (PSG), Richarlison (Everton), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)

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Brazil vs Nigeria: Super Eagles official receive visas, off to Singapore - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Brazil vs Nigeria: The date, time and venue confirmed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Breach Of Broadcast Code: NBC Suspends DAAR Communications Licence - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 7, 2019
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC hassuspended the licence of Daar Communications for failure to abide by NigerianBroadcasting Code.
The Director General of NBC, Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu whomade this known in Abuja, said over the last two years, NBC summoned themanagement of the company to address issues regarding the operations of AIT andRaypower, particularly Political Platform and Kakaaki.
He explained that in one of its meetings with thecompany held on June 2, 2017 the commission expressed its disappointment withthe way and manner hate speech, divisive and inciting comments are applied indiscussion of national issues in breach of the provisions of the NBC Act andBroadcast Code.
According to Kawu, Daar Communications has over theyears turned itself into a bad example of how a professional broadcast outfitshould not be run. He explained that on June 6 AIT and Raypower embarked on useof inflammatory, divisive, inciting broadcasts, and media propaganda againstthe government and the NBC for performing its statutory functions of regulatingthe broadcast industry in Nigeria.


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Breach Of Code Of Conduct: Court Issues Criminal Summons Against Former CBN Governor, Soludo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 16, 2021
The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Zuba, Abuja, has issued a direct criminal summons against factional APGA Governorship candidate and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, over serial abuse of office and breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers while he held office as the Governor of the CBN between 29th May, 2004 and 29th May, 2009.
In a Direct Criminal Complaint brought pursuant to Sections 88 and 89 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 by one Oliver Bitrus complaining that between the period Prof Soludo held office as a Public Officer he flagrantly breached the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by buying or acquiring interest in a property known and described as No. 50 Brondesbury Park, London, NW6 7AT, United Kingdom.
Further investigation also disclosed that presently, the property is being occupied by the defendant, his spouse and children and used as their personal and official addresses for all their companies and other business undertaking.
The Complainant listed companies owned and operated by the Soludo’s and domiciled at the said property to include


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Breaking: 27 Of Kidnapped Students, Teacher Of Bethel Baptist School Confirmed Rescued - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 5, 2021
The Kaduna state Police Command has confirmed the rescue of 27 students and one teacher out of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kujama, Kaduna state early Monday morning.
Unknown gunmen stormed the boarding secondary school in Chikun local government area around 1:00 am shooting sporadically into the air before attacking the school where they abducted unknown number of students and teachers.
Four of the students escaped from their abductors and returned back to the school.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kaduna state Command, ASP Muhammed Jalige, said police and other security agencies gave the kidnappers and their captives a hot pursuit following which they engaged them and were able to rescue a teacher and 26 students.
“In the early hours of today Monday July 5, 2021 at about 01:43hrs the Command received a report that armed bandits in large number had gained access into Bethel Baptist Secondary School Kujuma in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state.
“They shot berserkly, overpowered the school’s security guards and made their way into the students hostel where they abducted an unspecified number of students into the forest.
“On the receipt of the unfortunate incident, a joint team of the Nigeria Police, Army and Navy Operatives were immediately mobilised to the area with a mission to rescue the abducted students unhurt. The Operatives gave the bandits a hot pursuit occasioned by a tactical application of weapons and succeeded in rescuing 26 students including a female teacher safely.
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#Breaking: Aisha Buhari Now “First Lady” - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 13, 2019
Aisha Buhari changes status from “Wife of the President”, she is now to be addressed as “First Lady”.
The First Lady made this known at an award night and dinner in honour of Outgoing and Incoming Governors’ wives at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
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Breaking: Another Nigerian lawmaker is dead - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 6, 2021
The lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Suleiman Aliyu, is dead.
Mr Aliyu died in the early hours of Tuesday at the Barau Dikko Hospital in Kaduna.
Two relatives of the deceased, Hassan Banaga and Murjanatu Garba, confimed the death . The lawmaker died from an undisclosed illness.
“We are here at Barau Dikko Hospital Kaduna to take the body for burial. He is going to be buried in Lere town at 3 pm,” Mr Banga said.
Mr Aliyu was sworn in by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in March 2020 despite contesting for the seat in the 2019 general election.
He was sworn in after the Court of Appeal in Kaduna declared him the winner of the election and removed Lawal Adamu of the PDP who was occupying the seat.
Mr Aliyu’s death comes a few days after another member of the House of Representatives, Haruna Maitala, died.
Mr Maitala represented Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau State.
Mr Aliyu becomes the fourth federal lawmaker to die this year.
About eleven federal lawmakers have died since the inauguration of the ninth assembly in 2019.


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#Breaking: APC Holds World Press Conference - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
The All Progressives Congress, APC caucus  is currently holding a world press conference in Abuja.
This is coming as a reaction to the one previously held yesterday by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples’s Democratic Party, PDP who lost in the Nigeria’s presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of All progressives Congress, APC with  11,262,978 votes and 15,191,847 votes respectively.
Adams Oshiomhole, National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC is currently speaking at the press conference.
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